A review by anniemariek
Midnighters #3: Blue Noon, by Westerfeld, Scott
4.0
The Secret Hour was pretty good, but nothing special. Touching Darkness was much, much better. Following that pattern, I assumed Blue Noon would knock my socks off. While it didn't quite get to that point, the ending was very...shocking. In the electric sense. You'd just have to read it to understand.
Blue Noon really didn't improve on the second book. If anything, I liked the second one better, which is rare for me and trilogies. Jessica and Jonathan just got even more boring, and Melissa was just crabby. Rex and Dess were, as usual, the only interesting ones in the story. They had the most personality, the most uniqueness.
Since this was the end of the series, I wanted it to have a big finish. I wanted it to end with a huge BANG! that would make me wish it hadn't ended. Sure, the ending was exciting. Sure, it was somewhat intense. But I wanted more than that. I wanted something that would blow me away, would stick with me for days or weeks or months or forever. It was a decent finish, but not spectacular. I felt myself struggling to care about the possibility of the world being consumed into the midnight hour. I just couldn't bring myself to get that emotionally involved.
The thing with Jessica at the end was a real tearjerker, though, if I was that type of reader. I won't say what happened for fear of spoilers, but still. Wow.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book. It was exciting and I love the concept, and thought it was well-executed. I just didn't get quite the BAM that I wanted from the ending. I felt a little let down about that, but otherwise it was a decent finish to the series.
Blue Noon really didn't improve on the second book. If anything, I liked the second one better, which is rare for me and trilogies. Jessica and Jonathan just got even more boring, and Melissa was just crabby. Rex and Dess were, as usual, the only interesting ones in the story. They had the most personality, the most uniqueness.
Since this was the end of the series, I wanted it to have a big finish. I wanted it to end with a huge BANG! that would make me wish it hadn't ended. Sure, the ending was exciting. Sure, it was somewhat intense. But I wanted more than that. I wanted something that would blow me away, would stick with me for days or weeks or months or forever. It was a decent finish, but not spectacular. I felt myself struggling to care about the possibility of the world being consumed into the midnight hour. I just couldn't bring myself to get that emotionally involved.
The thing with Jessica at the end was a real tearjerker, though, if I was that type of reader. I won't say what happened for fear of spoilers, but still. Wow.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book. It was exciting and I love the concept, and thought it was well-executed. I just didn't get quite the BAM that I wanted from the ending. I felt a little let down about that, but otherwise it was a decent finish to the series.